A bike riders: Qua along with some of the celebrity bike riders. By Yolonda Bell Meet Niquá “Qua” Jones. The 46-year-old, native of Atlanta, GA., has participated in a 713-mile bike ride from Atlanta to Miami, Fla. For two years in a row. The journey, which started off as a challenge by his brother, music producer Polow Da Don to one of their artists, Vivian Vega, was one that Quá also accepted. Quá, also a ...

New Passport Office opens Brenda Forman By Byler E. and Arrieal Henry “My mission is to make improvements in areas that need them and to make the office more user friendly through updated technology and a community relations campaign to inform our residents about the services that we offer.” This statement was made seven months ago immediately after Brenda Forman was elected as Broward County Clerk of the ...

The killing of Charleena Lyles raises many disturbing questions and is a critical moment for Seattle's police accountability system The following statement is from ACLU of Washington Executive Director Kathleen Taylor. “The ACLU of Washington is dismayed and heartsick at the killing of Charleena Lyles, a mother of four and longtime Seattle resident, after she called to ask the Seattle Police Department (SPD ...

Beyoncé Knowles and Shawn “Jay Z” Carter have welcomed twins in one of the most highly anticipated celebrity births, according to multiple reports Sunday. One of those reports was granddad himself, Matthew Knowles, who blasted the news on Twitter with a Father's Day post reading “They’re here!” and “Happy Birthday to the twins!" View image on Twitter Follow Mathew Knowles ✔@MathewKnowles They're here!#beyon ...

Edison’s Jaquala Brown connected with Ruth Raymond for an 18-yard touchdown on the final play of the flag football state championship game to make 25-6 as Tampa Robinson would win by mercy rule at the two-minute warning. José A. Iglesias jiglesias@elnuevoherald.com GAINESVILLE It wasn’t the ending that t ...

Rhonda Grayer, vice president of W.T. Stevens Construction W.T. Stevens Construction, a Black-owned construction firm with about 25 employees, has been awarded a multi-million dollar service contract to replace more than 18,000 lead corroded pipes across the city of Flint, Michigan. The company is one of just four companies recently contracted under a court order to complete the project. The company was fou ...

After two years of living with pain and grief of not knowing who was the committed the crime, the victims’ mother, Tammy Johnson, seeks closure. Randy Pounder was just one of the two sons she has lost in her lifetime, both killed by gun violence. She hopes to receive help from the surrounding community. Her son was murdered in his yard at 1350 NW 54 Ave. According to his mother, he was last seen with two fa ...